OECD Artificial Intelligence Review of Germany
Abbreviations and acronyms
ABHen |
Ausländerbehörden (German immigration authorities) |
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ABOS |
Algorithmenbewertungsstelle für Behörden und Organisationen mit Sicherheitsaufgaben (Algorithm Assessment Centre for Authorities and Organizations with Security Tasks) |
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ADViCE |
Artificial Intelligence for Decarbonisation’s Virtual Centre of Excellence |
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AI |
Artificial intelligence |
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AIAMO |
Artificial Intelligence and Mobility |
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AISEC |
Fraunhofer-Institut für Angewandte und Integrierte Sicherheit (Fraunhofer Institute for Applied and Integrated Security) |
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AI-WIPS |
OECD programme on AI in Work Innovation Productivity and Skills |
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ANR |
Agence nationale de la recherche (French National Agency for Research) |
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AVen |
Auslandsvertretungen (German foreign diplomatic representations) |
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BAdW |
Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften (Bavarian Academy of Science and Humanities) |
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BAKS |
Bundesakademie für Sicherheitspolitik (Federal Academy for Security Policy) |
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BAMF |
Bundesamt für Migration und Flüchtlinge (Federal Office for Migration and Refugees) |
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BeKI |
Beratungszentrum für Künstliche Intelligenz in der Öffentlichen Verwaltung (Centre for Artificial Intelligence in Public Administration) |
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BetrVG |
Betriebsverfassungsgesetz (German Works Constitution Act) |
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BfDI |
Bundesbeauftragter für den Datenschutz und die Informationsfreiheit (Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information) |
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BIBB |
Bundesinstitut für Berufsbildung (Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training) |
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BIFOLD |
Berlin Institute for the Foundations of Learning and Data |
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BMAS |
Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Soziales (Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs) |
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BMBF |
Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (Federal Ministry of Education and Research) |
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BMDV |
Bundesministerium für Digitales und Verkehr (Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport) |
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BMEL |
Bundesministerium für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft (Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture) |
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BMFSFJ |
Bundesministerium für Familie, Senioren, Frauen und Jugend (Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth) |
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BMG |
Bundesministerium für Gesundheit (Federal Ministry of Health) |
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BMI |
Bundesministerium des Innern und für Heimat (Federal Ministry of the Interior and Community) |
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BMUV |
Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz, nukleare Sicherheit und Verbraucherschutz (Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection) |
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BMWK |
Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz (Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action) |
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BMZ |
Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung (Federal Ministry for Economic Co-operation and Development) |
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BPI |
Banque publique d’investissement (French Public Investment Bank) |
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BSI |
Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik (Federal Office for Information Security) |
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CAD |
Canadian dollar |
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CAIOs |
Chief Artificial Intelligence Officers |
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CEN |
European Committee for Standardization |
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CENELEC |
European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization |
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CERTAIN |
Centre for European Research in Trusted AI |
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CIP |
Civic Innovation Platform |
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CO2 |
Carbon dioxide |
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COVID-19 |
Coronavirus disease 2019 |
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CPU |
Central processing unit |
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DAAD |
Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (German Academic Exchange Service) |
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DENA |
Deutsche Energie-Agentur (German Energy Agency) |
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DFKI |
Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Künstliche Intelligenz (German Research Centre for Artificial Intelligence) |
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DIHK |
Deutsche Industrie- und Handelskammer (German Chamber of Industry and Commerce) |
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DLT |
Distributed ledger technology |
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ECDF |
Einstein Centre Digital Future |
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EHDS |
European Health Data Space |
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EMR |
Electronic medical record |
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EnEfG |
Energieeffizienzgesetz (Energy Efficiency Act) |
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ePA |
Elektronische Patientenakte (Electronic patient record) |
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ESF |
European Social Fund |
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EU |
European Union |
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EUR |
Euro |
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EuroHPC |
European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking |
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FCA |
Financial Conduct Authority |
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FEG |
Fachkräfteeinwanderungsgesetz (Skilled Immigration Act) |
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FITKO |
Föderale IT-Kooperation (Federal IT Co-operation) |
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FMD |
Forschungsfabrik Mikroelektronik Deutschland (Research Fab Microelectronics Germany) |
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FOKUS |
Fraunhofer-Institut für Offene Kommunikationssysteme (Fraunhofer Institute for Open Communication Systems) |
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GAO |
United States Government Accountability Office |
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GDNG |
Gesundheitsdatennutzungsgesetz (Act on Health Data Use) |
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GDPR |
General Data Protection Regulation |
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GHG |
Greenhouse gas |
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GIZ |
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (German Agency for International Co-operation) |
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GPAI |
General-purpose AI |
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GPU |
Graphics processing unit |
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GWS |
Gesellschaft für wirtschaftliche Strukturforschung (Institute for Economic Structure Research) |
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GXFS |
Gaia-X Federation Services |
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HAI |
Stanford Institute for Human-Centred AI |
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HLRS |
Höchstleistungsrechenzentrum Stuttgart (High-Performance Computing Centre Stuttgart) |
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HPI |
Hasso-Plattner-Institut (Hasso Plattner Institute) |
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IAB |
Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (Institute for Employment Research) |
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IAIS |
Fraunhofer-Institut für Intelligente Analyse- und Informationssysteme (Fraunhofer Institute for Intelligent Analysis and Information Systems) |
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IAO |
Fraunhofer-Institut für Arbeitswirtschaft und Organisation (Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Engineering) |
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ICO |
United Kingdom Information Commissioner’s Office |
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ICT |
Information and communication technology |
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IDMT |
Fraunhofer-Institut für Digitale Medientechnologie (Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Media Technology) |
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IEA |
International Energy Agency |
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INQA |
Initiative Neue Qualität der Arbeit (New Quality of Work Initiative) |
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IÖW |
Institut für ökologische Wirtschaftsforschung (Institute for Ecological Economic Research) |
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IPA |
Fraunhofer-Institut für Produktionstechnik und Automatisierung (Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation) |
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IT |
Information technology |
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ITU |
International Telecommunication Union |
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JSC |
Jülich Supercomputing Centre |
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K.I.E.Z. |
Künstliche Intelligenz Entrepreneurship Zentrum (AI Entrepreneurship Centre) |
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KiKoN |
KI-Kompetenzzentrum für die niedersächsische Verwaltung (Lower Saxony’s Competence Centre for AI in Public Administration) |
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KISSKI |
KI-Servicezentrum für sensible und kritische Infrastrukturen (AI Service Centre for Sensitive and Critical Infrastructures) |
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KOINNO |
Kompetenzzentrum innovative Beschaffung (Competence Centre for Innovative Procurement) |
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KPI |
Key performance indicator |
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kWh |
Kilowatt-hour |
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LAC |
Latin America and the Caribbean |
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LAMARR |
Lamarr Institute for Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence North Rhine-Westphalia |
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LLM |
Large language model |
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LMs |
Language models |
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LRZ |
Leibniz Supercomputing Centre |
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MCML |
Munich Centre for Machine Learning |
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NAIIO |
National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Office |
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NCA |
Netherlands Court of Auditors |
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NLP |
Natural language processing |
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OECD |
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
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ÖFIT |
Kompetenzzentrum Öffentliche IT (Competence Centre for Public IT) |
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OGD |
Open government data |
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OURdata |
Open, Useful, and Re-usable data |
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PES |
Public Employment Services |
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R&D |
Research and development |
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RAIOs |
Responsible Artificial Intelligence Officers |
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ROI |
Return on investment |
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S4CS |
Speech Assistance for Citizen Services |
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ScaDS.AI |
Centre for Scalable Data Analytics and Artificial Intelligence Dresden/Leipzig |
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SDGs |
United Nations Sustainable Development Goals |
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SMEs |
Small and medium-sized enterprises |
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SPRIND |
Bundesagentur für Sprunginnovationen (Federal Agency for Disruptive Innovation) |
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STEM |
Science, technology, engineering and mathematics |
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SWOT |
Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats |
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TAB |
Büro für Technikfolgen-Abschätzung beim Deutschen Bundestag (Office of Technology Assessment at the German Bundestag) |
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TUE.AI |
Tübingen AI Centre |
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UK |
United Kingdom |
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US |
United States |
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USD |
United States dollar |
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VC |
Venture capital |
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VDE |
Verband der Elektrotechnik Elektronik Informationstechnik (Association for Electrical, Electronic & Information Technologies) |
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VET |
Vocational education and training |
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WBGU |
Wissenschaftlicher Beirat der Bundesregierung Globale Umweltveränderungen (German Advisory Council on Global Change) |
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ZITiS |
Zentrale Stelle für Informationstechnik im Sicherheitsbereich (Central Office for Information Technology in the Security Sector) |
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ZVKI |
Zentrum für vertrauenswürdige Künstliche Intelligenz (Centre for Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence) |